Fourth Bangladeshi blogger, Niloy Neel, murdered

 DHAKA (Web Desk) – Another Bangladeshi blogger, Niloy Neel, known for his secular views has been murdered by a gang armed with machetes in Dhaka, media reports say.

This is the fourth incident in Bangladesh when a blogger’s home came under attack by unidentified militants leaving Neel dead.

 

Mr Neel was on a list of bloggers viewed as targets by the militants, the head of the Bangladesh Blogger and Activist Network told reporters.

Imran H Sarkar further added the attackers entered Mr Neel’s room, “shoved his friend aside and then hacked him to death”.

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